Breast Reduction: Can You Get Cysts in Your Breasts After Surgery?

Yes, benign cysts can develop after surgery.

Remodeling After Surgery and the Development of Hard Lumps

Breast reduction surgery is a very technical process that is done to remove the excess amount of breast tissue, fat (adipose), and skin to create a smaller, lighter, and more youthful bustline. The internal remaining breast tissue has to be considerably worked on, moved, re-aligned, and sewn back into a stable structural framework. In a definitive clinical sense, yes, it is definitely possible that one would develop either cysts or some benign lumps in her breasts following surgery. Discovery of any lump after the surgery may be a reason for immediate worry, but it is very important to be reminded that such post-operative lumps are not only very common, but also totally not related to the disease (non-malignant). This type of formation is completely separate from malignancies and is constantly tracked by the clinical team for monitoring.

Benign Lumps and Cysts After Breast Reduction

In most cases, the appearance of a breast lump after surgery follows certain biological healing pathways:

• In cases of fat necrosis or oily cysts during a breast reduction, the surgical modification of the breast tissue can accidentally cut off the blood flow that the skin and fat have a lot of from the tiny blood vessels. As a result of being disconnected or cut off from their vital blood supply and oxygen, fat cells located in the isolated parts of the body start dying off and decomposing (this is called liquefaction). The body uses a mechanism of walling off the liquefied fat to form cysts that are surrounded by thin walls and filled with fluid. These types of lumps are described as smooth, round-shaped, and sometimes painful bumps under the skin.
• Firm scarring is another way to get nodules in different parts of the body, which are caused by internal fibers. The body’s deep, internal stitches and permanent sutures not only hold the newly contoured breast tissue together but are also supported internally by your body. In some regions within the body, this internal scar tissue becomes concentrated and thick to the point that it creates bumps or lines on deep wounds that are quite easily misread as either a cyst or a tumor.
• Serum, or blood, pooling around areas of tissue removed is also called a hematoma (blood) or a seroma (fluid). These are pools of serum and blood that form in the void areas created by the removal of the tissues during the post-operative stage. Although the majority of them are reabsorbed by the body naturally, a pool of fluid may be surrounded by a wall and transform into a typical, soft, fluid-filled cyst.

Maintenance of Microcirculation of Breast Tissues

Fundamentally, to meet high personal standards in breast contouring, adherence to rules of behaviour with regard to one’s own actions and following the correct set of care procedures during the recovery stage are the ultimate requirements. The freshly relocated internal breast flaps depend entirely on a fragile system of micro-vessels to heal and regenerate. An upper-body massage and other such activities, if they are done too soon after surgery and with excessive force or too heavy a pressure or are caused by high-impact, may lead to internal tissue flaps being affected in a way that will have negative consequences for their healing process. This, in turn, will result in the tissues being stressed to the point where their survival, or even worse, their breakdown, will be at risk. It can also cause the breakdown of fat, leading to the formation of cysts, especially very large ones.

In order to ensure that your new and smaller bustline takes its shape and remains the way it should be, it is vital to put on a special compression bra (one which has no wires) all the time for the first 6 weeks after surgery. This medical garment basically supports the tissue and, in fact, acts as a rigid external framework that takes over from the forces of gravity so that no internal movement is created, maintains an even amount of compression from the outside and, thereby, also minimizes the accumulation of fluid. Along with this, a major point to remember is that not only are you to have no alcohol, but also the intake of nicotine and any type of tobacco product has to be totally ruled out. This is because Nicotine is a very strong vasoconstrictor when it is consumed through a variety of routes, causing the small vessels that supply the tissues to get narrowed so quickly that it becomes possible for the cells to die (anoxia), which in turn may lead to the development of some lumps. So you must make it clear that you totally stop smoking and using all tobacco and even avoid second-hand tobacco in your life.

The Healing Timeline and Dermal Maturation

Observing how your new breasts heal and change can be a key element in figuring out any clinical issue.

Breast Reduction in Turkey

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In case you decide to fully rely on us, the specialized team from our Istanbul-based LIN Europe Clinic will monitor the development and status of all the major parameters of your health during your recovery journey with a level of diagnostic accuracy that cannot be matched. You will benefit from the fact that we also do a detailed personal mapping of everything that needs your attention before surgery; we take very high-resolution pictures of the tissues, and we come up with a detailed healing plan that you can use to take it one step at a time from your first day to your last. It is our top-level professionals who will take full responsibility for the safety from a technical point of view and the quality of the health of your body contouring investment, as well as being in good health so that you can enjoy, with confidence and in complete safety of health, the beautiful look that was your ideal. Come and enjoy the high-end and complete care at LIN Europe Clinic that can safely give you a perfect balance in the heart of ​‍​‌‍​‍‌Turkey.

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